UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 14, 2017

 

VUZIX CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 

001-35955	04-3392453
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

25 Hendrix Road, Suite A, West Henrietta, New York 14586

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zipcode)

 

(585) 359-5900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Copies to:

Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.

Jeff Cahlon, Esq.

Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP

61 Broadway, 32^nd Floor

New York, New York 10006

Phone: (212) 930-9700

Fax: (212) 930-9725

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

 

  

Item 8.01

Other Events.

 

On August 14, 2017, Vuzix Corporation (the “Company”) closed its previously disclosed securities purchase agreement, dated August 9, 2017, with the purchasers set forth on the signature pages thereto, for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $5.75 per share.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 16, 2017	VUZIX CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Grant Russell
		Grant Russell Chief Financial Officer